Dec 3, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
If no rain had yet fallen by this day in ancient Israel, a day of fasting and prayer was called in order to petition the Creator to send rain. This rainy season is what the Bible refers to as the latter rain. “And it shall be that if you earnestly obey My commandments...
Dec 3, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
It is God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect. He makes my feet like the feet of deer, and sets me on my high places. He teaches my hands to make war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. (Psalm 18:32-34) Here is a saying I like to remind people...
Dec 2, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
Today is the first day in the month called Kislev. According to rabbinical reckoning, this day was considered the official beginning of winter, ending one season and beginning another. In Creation, we see the cyclical nature of God’s design and, consequently, the...
Dec 2, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the Lord is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him. For who is God, except the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God? (Psalm 18:30-31) The thoughts and deeds of man, even those conceived by good intentions, are...
Dec 1, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
Today is the final day of Cheshvan. As we have learned, this month is representative of darkness and gloominess. Tomorrow begins a new month called Kislev, which is the month that Hanukkah, the Festival of Light, is celebrated. So as we transition from a month of...
Dec 1, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
For You will light my lamp; the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness. For by You I can run against a troop, by my God I can leap over a wall. (Psalm 18:28-29) I have often said that the Adversary is the Master Illusionist. He always appears as something that he is...
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